Bidupur

Bidupur
Community Development Block
Bidupur
Bidupur Bazar
Bidupur Location in Bihar
Coordinates: 25°38′34″N85°20′02″E / 25.6428699°N 85.3339504°E / 25.6428699; 85.3339504
Country	India
State	Bihar
Region	Mithila
District	vaishali
District Sub-division	Hajipur [1]
Anchal	Bidupur [1]
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Raghopur assembly constituency [2]
Government
• Type	Community development block
•  MLA	Tejashwi Yadav
•  MP	Chirag Paswan
Population  (2011)
• Total	268,849
Languages
• Official	Hindi, Bajjika
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR

Bidupur is one of the 16 community development blocks in the Vaishali district of the Indian state of Bihar. ^[3] Bidupur Bazar is a town in Bidupur Block. Bidupur comes under Raghopur assembly constituency.^{[ citation needed ]} There are a total of 24 gram panchayats ^[4] and 116 villages in Bidupur block. ^[5] The Kacchi Dargah–Bidupur Bridge, under construction since 2017, will connect the area to Kacchi Dargah in Patna, across the Ganges. ^[6]

History

The Word Viddutpur is mispronounced by Britishers as Bidupur . Viddut means electricity . Here now we call it Bidupur.

Bidupur is a place of historical importance. One of Gautam Buddha's disciple Anand has got parinirvana here. There is a bhinda in Madhurapur where many things of ancient history have been found. Many early paintings, scriptures, and stones are there. ^[7] Every year after Durga Puja a mela and kirtan are organised to remember Anand.

The kashthariya ( कष्ठरिया ) sahashralingam in Kathariya, Ramdauli the banks of River Ganga ^[8]

Transport and Connectivity

Akshaywat Rai Nagar Station, station code (AYRN), is located in Bidupur block of Vaishali district in the Indian state of Bihar. Nation Highway 322 is a National Highway in India. This highway runs entirely in the state of Bihar. This highway provide connection between NH-22 at Hajipur in Vaishali district and NH-122 at Musrigharari in Samastipur district.

Education

• Government Engineering College, Vaishali
• Shiv Sagar Vidya Mandir, Ramdauli
• St Kabir Mahant Ramdyal Das Mahavidyalaya, Ramdauli

Some other top schools are-

• Gyan Jyoti Gurukulam
• Kids International Public School, Kanchanpur
• Vaishali Central Public School, Madhurapur
• Ramanandan Uchch Maadhyamik Vidyalaya, Bidupur Bazar
• Happy Mind Academy, Ramdauli
• Nation Building Public School, Daudnagar

References

1. "Vaishali at a Glance" (PDF). vaishali.bih.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
2. Raghopur Assembly constituency -- chief Electoral Officer official website
3. "About District | Official Website of Vaishali District | India" . Retrieved 2023-07-13.
4. "Gram Panchayats (ग्राम पंचायत) of panchayat samiti (पंचायत समिति) BIDUPUR (वीदुपुर )". localbodydata.com. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
5. "Villages & Towns in Bidupur Block of Vaishali, Bihar". www.census2011.co.in. Retrieved 2024-05-02.
6. "Key bridge gets concrete shape". Archived from the original on 14 March 2018.
7. "दशकों से विकास की आस संजोए बैठा है वैशाली का ऐतिहासिक चेचर ग्राम समूह - The historic Chechar village group of Vaishali has been waiting for development for decades. - Bihar Vaishali General News". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-08-28.
8. "भगवान बुद्ध का इतिहास समेटे वैशाली का कोटिग्राम, विलक्षण है यहां का गुप्तकालीन सहस्त्र लिंगम मंदिर - Kotigram of Vaishali has glorious history of Lord Buddha, Its Sahashralingam temple is unique". Jagran (in Hindi).